Palace scheming: Empress Leng Palace

Chapter 270

When the Queen and all the concubines greeted the Queen Mother and returned to Xiangning Palace, all the servants and eunuchs had already knelt outside the palace to welcome them.

After all the concubines gathered in the palace respectfully and greeted him one by one, Situ Xianyu sent them away on the pretext of being tired.Yun Qing was left alone, and asked her the reasons for several major events that happened in the palace when she was not in the palace.


Yun Qing also carefully answered each one in detail, except when he mentioned that his expression was a little sad when he had a miscarriage, he explained everything in a very calm tone.

Including the conspiracy planned by He Ruowan at the beginning, she also briefly mentioned it, and never deliberately complained to the Queen Mother.


And Situ Xianyu never brought up the topic of his letter to Yun Qing from the beginning to the end, as if it had never happened before, his attitude has always been neither salty nor cold, and the titles between him and Yun Qing have always been the same. Empress, instead of calling her Yun Qing affectionately before leaving the palace.


"My mother was exhausted all the way, so Yun Qing didn't want to bother me too much! The emperor and the others will come here, why don't my mother rest for a while before getting up. Yun Qing has already prepared the evening banquet for her mother, and she will be able to welcome her mother in the evening Wash the dust!" Such a queen mother made Yun Qing a little strange.


Seeing that her complexion was not good, she just thought that the Empress Dowager was too worried about state affairs and she had just returned to the palace, so she must be too tired.Remembering that there would be a lot of chatter at the reception banquet at night, she couldn't help but persuade her to take a rest first, so as to recharge her spirits.


Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, the Empress Dowager frowned slightly, and then said in a seemingly gentle but dignified way: "The empress's filial piety to Aijia is appreciated. It's just that the current enemy is present and the treasury is short of funds. , Let’s save as much as we can! It doesn’t matter if we don’t accept the banquet or not, it’s just a family gathering together for a light meal, there is no need for a big banquet, it’s too extravagant.”


"Yes!" Yun Qing was slightly stunned, seeing the empress dowager's suddenly stiff face, she couldn't help lowering her head and replied: "Please don't worry, empress, Yun Qing just ordered the imperial dining room to prepare some dishes that the empress dowager and the emperor usually like to eat. None of the princes and ministers attended the banquet, and even the concubines in the harem were not invited. I just invited the two concubines, the king of Ming and Qing, and the king of Anqing to have a family banquet with the queen mother!".


"Well, that's good! Ai's family is exhausted, so go back first!" After hearing Yun Qing's answer, Situ Xianyu looked slightly surprised. She didn't expect her to be so thoughtful and cautious. It also made her impeccable.

She stretched out her hand and asked Fang Fei to help her get up. She didn't want to talk to Yun Qing any more, so she turned around and went back to the bedroom to rest.


Seeing the queen mother who was so indifferent to the queen, Fang Fei beside her couldn't help but sigh softly.She knew it was because the Queen Mother was worried that Yun Qing would bring ominousness to Tianque, and she was afraid that Yun Qing had responded to the rumors that once circulated in the market, saying that the Queen was possessed by evil spirits after falling into the water, and she would even It's a disaster for Tianque.

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Above the court, there was a report of urgent battles from Guyang City. If the court could not send reinforcements in a short period of time, then Gu Yangyang might fall because of this, and Fenglai's next step was to attack Xiongguan——Jiayuguan.


However, because Xiongguan was blocked by Gu Yang in front of it, and the surrounding terrain was dangerous, the original Xiongguan has never been guarded by powerful generals.But at this moment, all the ministers think that Gu Yang may be difficult to keep, but Xiongguan must be guarded, and must not fall into Feng Lai's pocket again.


It's just who to send to guard, this is the most important key.

Now that Xuanyuan Chi has been martyred, the general Yuan Tiangang was sluggish due to illness, and returned after several defeats, making the court only anxious, but Sihao had no good solution.


It has been more than half a month since Xuanyuanze made a decree to invite talented people. Now there are no less than a hundred people who have signed up. Most of them are people from all corners of the country who have gathered in Tiancheng. .


However, there are still many controversies about these courtiers from the Jianghu. Everyone thinks that the people from the Jianghu are difficult to control. If they are allowed to lead the army to fight, they will be out and not subject to the emperor's orders.


It's just that there is no better way than this now, and the ministers are also holding a wait-and-see attitude to give it a try, so they agreed to choose a day to hold a martial arts competition selected by the emperor on the martial arts field in the imperial city.


At the beginning of the decree to recruit talents, the original prime minister was the first to object, saying, "There are dragons and snakes in the rivers and lakes. How can you rush into the palace to compete without going through many tests?" ', this matter once attracted other ministers in the court to second their opinions, but later, he was the first to give up targeting and silently agreed with Xuanyuanze's decision.


Xuanyuan Ze was quite skeptical about this matter, and sent people to secretly follow him several times, but found that there was no special action.

It was only once in a while that he called his son Yunxiao to his study, and asked him if he wanted to be a general, and if he wanted to, he would fight for him to be a general in Xiongguan.


But Yun Xiao replied that his qualifications are still young, if he is a lieutenant general, he is fine, but he may not be able to be the general who is the head of the three armies.

For this reason, the prime minister just sighed, and did not do anything strange.


When Night Breeze reported the news to Xuanyuanze, he thought about it for a while, and guessed that Yun Tianhai might be worried about Duan Qingming's appointment as Marshal of Yanguan, so he also hoped that his son could be promoted to general.

So at the beginning, he opposed the selection of generals from the rivers and lakes, because he wanted to reserve a place for his son.After that, it stopped because his son said that he didn't have the ability to do so.


Afterwards, Xuanyuanze stopped following Yun Tianhai, and told Yun Qing that he had secretly sent someone to follow him this time, not wanting to hide from her that she had doubts about her father.


However, Yun Qing remained silent, making Xuanyuanze think that she was blaming him for not trusting the prime minister. After careful questioning, she found out that she was not blaming Xuanyuanze, but rather how Yun Tianhai wanted him to be a general in order to find Yunxiao. Suspect.


Although Yun Qing knew that his father had always loved power, but with his father's shrewdness and selfishness, how could he ask his second brother to lead the army to kill the enemy at such a critical time for the country?Think about it, it doesn't seem like a father!

But why her father would do this, she couldn't figure it out.


Therefore, I had no choice but to shake my head and say nothing, telling Xuanyuan Ze to pay attention to everything.Even if that person is his father, he should guard against it, and never cause any inappropriateness by taking care of himself.

Xuanyuan Ze was very relieved after hearing this, and said with a smile that he had such a wife, what would he want in this life?

(End of this chapter)